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I lurch forward and press my fingers into Emily’s neck, thinking the

worst.

When I feel her pulse, I almost get dizzy with relief.

However, it’s weak and her skin feels clammy.

I reach up and push her hair off her pale face so I can see her more

clearly.

Her eyes are open, but staring dully, sightlessly at nothing.

“Emily!” I say, more loudly this time, trying to jolt her out of

whatever this is.

When that doesn’t work, I try saying her name again, even louder,

and give her shoulders a gentle shake.

She doesn’t respond, remaining limp and listless beneath my

hands.

Has she gone into some kind of catatonic state?

But why?

She was furious when I left her, not scared.

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What the hell could have caused this in the short few hours I left

her here?

My stomach is churning with anxiety as I lift her out of the tight

space.

She still doesn’t stir, and I cradle her gently in my arms as I hurry upstairs to her room.

Luckily, I don’t see anyone else on the way.

I don’t want anyone to see Emily like this.

because I think she would hate it if she knew, but also because she would worry people would see her as more broken and

could never think that of Emily.

know what it’s like to go through something like what happened to her when she was abducted by the

anything, it made her more

Emily did, and I respect

take her into her room

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what to do with her, how to bring

whatever this is.

the shower and hitting her with a spray of cold water, but that seems unbearably

down on the bed, then kick off

the softest blanket

wrap her up in the blanket,

chest and holding her tight.

tell her in a low, quiet voice. “You’re okay, now.

got you.”

her just a little tighter, wondering what the hell I’m going to

Worse.

if she doesn’t snap out of it, and

sister in a catatonic

be looking

keep holding her, and after a while, I start humming some old songs I used to

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quite proficient at playing the piano,

upper class people had been. Back then, there

ar

learn a musical instrument, or play chess, or read

with smart phones or tablets or computers with their infinite

realize how quickly and suddenly

world had

of illumination, fire the only source of heat and horses the only mode

few short decades, technology

lives had

amazes me to think how long

things I’d seen.

times, it felt like a

escape from.

than anything that I had someone to share

and all those amazing

wolf is immortal

I’ll admit that in my weaker moments I’ve wondered if I

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